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Genus Desulfocurvibacter
Name: Desulfocurvibacter Spring et al. 2019
Etymology: De.sul.fo.cur.vi.bac’ter. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryote) (in compound words); L. masc. adj. curvus, curved; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Desulfocurvibacter, a curved sulfate-reducing rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Desulfocurvibacter-)
Type species: Desulfocurvibacter africanus (Campbell et al. 1966) Spring et al. 2019
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 188. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1844-1846.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Campbell LL, Kasprzycki MA, Postgate JR. Desulfovibrio Africans sp. n., a new dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacterium. J Bacteriol 1966; 92:1122-1127.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; NCIMB: 1; VKM: 1; DSM: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Campbell LL, Kasprzycki MA, Postgate JR. Desulfovibrio Africans sp. n., a new dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacterium. J Bacteriol 1966; 92:1122-1127.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Desulfocurvibacter africanus (Campbell et al. 1966) Spring et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862.
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Record number: 521874
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